Unit III - Cs 23-26


History.com WWI page
Video - US joins WWI (part 1)
Video - U.S. joins WWI (part 2)
Video - U.S. joins WWI (part 3)
Woodrow Wilson - Peace without Victory speech transcript (January 22, 1917)
Wilson's 14 Points speech transcript (January 8, 1918)

Before the War
After the War
Europe in 1914
Europe in 1914

Europe after the Treaty of Versailles (1919)
Europe after the Treaty of Versailles (1919)



AP US History
Chapter 23 Questions

1)Why did America join WWI? What overall effect on WWI did The United States have?
2)When joining WWI in 1917, what were the American objectives? Were they met?
3) Summarize Wilson’s 14 Points and the terms of the Treaty of Versailles. How successful was Wilson with his proposal?
4) Describe and analyze the early 20th century turmoil within American society.



AP US History
Chapter 24 Questions

1) What were the causes and details of the industrial boom of the 1920s?
2) What were the reasons for the heightened xenophobia and racial unrest in the 1920s?
3) Describe the outcomes of the presidential elections of 1924 and 1928, and the political legacies of Harding and Coolidge.
4)What are two different ways to characterize 1920s America? How should historians describe the essence of the decade?


AP US History
Chapter 25 Questions

1)Describe life for African, Mexican, and Asian Americans during the Great Depression and analyze why those conditions existed.
2) What was life like for women during the GD? How was it different for women from men?
3) To what extent did literature, radio, and movies play a role in American life during the GD?
4) Describe, explain, and evaluate the Hoover Administration’s attempts to combat the GD.


AP US History
Chapter 26 Questions

1) What were the key aspects of FDR’s first 100 days? To what extent did this period signal a major shift in American history?
2) Identify the critics of the New Deal and explain and evaluate their criticisms.
3) To what extent was the New Deal era a successful one for African Americans, Native Americans, and women?
4) Unpack the complicated relationship between the New Deal and the Supreme Court.
5) Evaluate Franklin Roosevelt's response to the Great Depression between 1933 and 1939.

Unit III Primary Source and Image work:


Primary Source: Complete an APPARTS chart analysis for Woodrow Wilson's 14 Points Speech:

Wilson's 14 Points Speech (January 8, 1918)

Image Analysis: Complete an I See / It Means chart for the following images:


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Period 3
Mr. Max - AP US History – 2011 Unit III Syllabus – Chapters 23-26 – Topics 18-20
Major Topics: WWI, Changes of the 1920s, The Great Depression, The New Deal

Tuesday November 8
HW due: 2-col notes p.614, Unit III previewing
CW: WWI causes video, C23 & Unit III previewing – topic outline, heading inferences/predictions, data collection, image analysis
HW: Read p.614-621 (stop at The War and American Society)

Wednesday November 9 - Lunch block
CW: Discuss HW, Wilson video, Steps to U.S. involvement in WWI, Weapons & Tactics (and data)
HW: Read p.621-628 (stop at The Search for a New World Order)

Thursday November 10 - 45 mins
CW: Finish yest’s CW, Add mobilization efforts (and data) - “the home front” – focus on gov’t & the economy & propaganda, rationing, etc.
HW: Read p.628-639, C23 Top Ten KTs, C23 online MC quiz & email me results

Monday November 14 - Lunch block
CW: Review HW, List outcomes & effects of WWI, Discuss key concepts of postwar America, Wilson’s “ordeal”, History.com video
HW: C23 Qs

Tuesday November 15 - 45 mins
CW: Review C23 Qs, Intro C24 – identify changes, infer what life was like in 1920s America
HW: 2-col notes p.641, Read p.642-657 (stop at A Conflict of Cultures)

Thursday November 17
CW: Review HW, Pair work – A in the W p.649 & PPC p.652-3. Discuss the “Decline of the Self-Made Man” and connect to today
HW: Read p.657-664

Friday November 18
CW: Review HW, Women & the 1920s – connect to P-Era & WWI, AAs during WWI & the 1920s
HW: C24 Qs, C24 Top Ten KTs

Monday November 21 - Lunch Block
CW: Discuss C24 Qs, Breakdown of the Scopes Trial & discussion, Republican control of gov’t in the 20s – Republican philosophies, evidence
HW: 2-col notes p.667, Read p.668-672 (stop at The American People in Hard Times), A in the W p.673

Tuesday November 22 - Lunch Block
CW: Evolution of the GD – steps, causes, symptoms (include data), role of the stock market, how it works
HW: Read p.672-689 (finish chapter), WHD p.670-1, PPC p.682-3, C25 Top Ten KTs

Wed 11/23 – Periods 6&7, early release & Thurs 11/24 is Thanksgiving

Monday November 28
CW: Review C25, List problems for FDR, Hoover video, Evaluating Herbert Hoover
HW: C25 Qs

Period 3 - 2011 – Unit III cont…

Tuesday November 29 – 45 mins
CW: Discuss HW, What can/should the government do to fight an economic crisis?, philosophies, connections to today – occupy wall st, make group policies
HW: 2-col notes p.693, Read p.694-699 (stop at The New Deal in Transition)

Thursday December 1
CW: Discuss HW, set up chart for problems, programs, effectiveness (leave plenty of room), New Deal video
HW: Read p.699-707 (stop at The New Deal in Disarray)

Friday December 2
CW: Discuss HW, esp. critics and spectrum of economic/political views, Add to chart, Image analysis, esp. p.704
HW: Read p.707-715

Monday December 5
CW: Discuss HW, esp. outcomes & legacies of the ND era, incl. court-packing, demographic groups, etc., pros & cons?, graph analysis p.709
HW: WHD p.712-3, C26 Top Ten KTs

Tuesday December 6 – Lunch Block
CW: Discuss HW - WHD, finish GD/ND chart, connections to today – occupy wall st, programs still in effect, economic policy proposals
HW: C26 Qs & C24, 25, 26 online quizzes and email me results

Wednesday December 7 – 45 mins
CW: FDR video, connections to today
HW: Unit III Primary Source analysis

Thursday December 8 – 45 mins
CW: Unit III Image analysis
HW: Theme and Topic Outline work – Unit III review

Monday December 12
CW: Review HW, ND DBQ work
HW: DBQ work

Tuesday December 13
CW: DBQ work, writing workshop – specific tips & use of Docs (referencing & quoting)
HW: DBQ work

Wednesday December 14
CW: Review HW, 4 Top Ten KT review, wrap up Unit III – where is America in the late 1930s? gov’t/politics, economy, society, military…
HW: Study for Unit III test

Thursday December 15
CW: Unit III Test, Unit IV preview
HW: 2-col notes p.719, Unit IV previewing


Period 4
Mr. Max - AP US History – 2011 Unit III Syllabus – Chapters 23-26 – Topics 18-20
Major Topics: WWI, Changes of the 1920s,The Great Depression, The New Deal

Tuesday November 8 - Lunch block
HW due: 2-col notes p.614, Unit III previewing
CW: Wilson video, WWI causes video, C23 & Unit III previewing – topic outline, heading inferences/predictions, data collection, image analysis
HW: Read p.614-621 (stop at The War and American Society)

Wednesday November 9 - 45 mins
CW: Steps to U.S. involvement in WWI, Weapons & Tactics (and data)
HW: Read p.621-628 (stop at The Search for a New World Order)

Thursday November 10 - 45 mins
CW: Finish yest’s CW, Add mobilization efforts (and data) - “the home front” – focus on gov’t & the economy & propaganda, rationing, etc.
HW: Read p.628-639, C23 Top Ten KTs, C23 online MC quiz & email me results

Monday November 14 - 45 mins
CW: Review HW, List outcomes & effects of WWI, Discuss key concepts of postwar America, Wilson’s “ordeal”
HW: C23 Qs, 2-col notes p.641

Wednesday November 16
CW: Review HW – C23 Qs & C24 2-col notes, Intro C24 – identify changes, what life was like in 1920s America
HW: Read p.642-657 (stop at A Conflict of Cultures)

Thursday November 17
CW: Review HW, Pair work – A in the W p.649 & PPC p.652-3. Discuss the “Decline of the Self-Made Man” and connect to today
HW: Read p.657-664

Friday November 18
CW: Review HW, Women & the 1920s – connect to P-Era & WWI, AAs during WWI & the 1920s
HW: C24 Qs, C24 Top Ten KTs

Monday November 21
CW: Discuss C24 Qs, Breakdown of the Scopes Trial, Republican control of gov’t in the 20s
HW: 2-col notes p.667, Read p.668-672 (stop at The American People in Hard Times), A in the W p.673

Tuesday November 22 - 45 mins
CW: Evolution of the GD – steps, causes, symptoms (include data), role of the stock market, how it works
HW: Read p.672-689 (finish chapter), WHD p.670-1, PPC p.682-3, C25 Top Ten KTs

Wed 11/23 – Periods 6&7, early release & Thurs 11/24 is Thanksgiving
*we don’t meet again until Wednesday 11/30

Wednesday November 30
CW: Review C25, List problems for FDR, Hoover video, Evaluating Herbert Hoover
HW: C25 Qs

Thursday December 1
CW: Discuss HW, What can/should the government do to fight an economic crisis?, philosophies, connections to today – occupy wall st, make group policies
HW: 2-col notes p.693, Read p.694-699 (stop at The New Deal in Transition)

Friday December 2
CW: Discuss HW, set up chart for problems, programs, effectiveness (leave plenty of room), New Deal video
HW: Read p.699-707 (stop at The New Deal in Disarray)

Monday December 5
CW: Discuss HW, esp. critics and spectrum of economic/political views, Add to chart, Image analysis, esp. p.704
HW: Read p.707-715

Tuesday December 6 – 45 mins
CW: Discuss HW, esp. outcomes & legacies of the ND era, incl. court-packing, demographic groups, etc., pros & cons?, graph analysis p.709
HW: WHD p.712-3, C26 Top Ten KTs

Wednesday December 7 – 45 mins
CW: Discuss HW - WHD, finish GD/ND chart
HW: C26 Qs & C24, 25, 26 online quizzes and email me results

Friday December 9
CW: FDR video, connections to today
HW: Unit III Primary Source and Image analysis

Monday December 12 – Lunch Block
CW: Review HW, ND DBQ work
HW: DBQ work

Tuesday December 13
CW: DBQ work, writing workshop – specific tips & use of Docs (referencing & quoting)
HW: Theme & Topic Outline work – Unit III review

Wednesday December 14
CW: Review HW, 4 Top Ten KT review, wrap up Unit III – where is America in the late 1930s? gov’t/politics, economy, society, military…
HW: Study for Unit III test

Thursday December 15 – Lunch Block
CW: Unit III Test, Unit IV preview
HW: 2-col notes p.719, Unit IV previewing